InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny's Bond ❯ Prologue ( Chapter 1 )

I don't own Inu Yasha. That privilege goes to Takehashi Rumiko. I'm merely borrowing her creations to tell a story. As such I am not making any money off this work.

 

Author's note: Years ago I teamed with Silent Messiah to start a story under the pen name Ironic Insanity (I was Insanity). The story was abandoned due to work loads and life in general. I always thought that a crime. I bring this up, as a preface to the following: this story is based on a similar plot to that abandoned fic.

 

Destiny's Bond

Prologue

By

Lance the Flamesniper

 

-Nineteen years before the Shikon no Tama broke-

 

The chief paced in the central room of his hut as he awaited his visitor. Outside the wind and rain howled like a pack of wolves. It was an ominous sound when he considered what had happened.

From the next room came the sound of crying, or at least what would have been crying had things not gone wrong. Why did this happen? Why now? The Chieftain's thoughts were interrupted when one of the villagers led in his guest.

The man in question was dressed in dark violet and black robes. He carried a shakajou in his strangely wrapped right and for secrecy had been blindfolded. When his blindfold was removed he scanned the room with his dark violet eyes. His eyes finally stopped on the other man in the room.

“Really Chief, was all this secrecy necessary?” Shinmaru asked.

“Shinmaru, you lecherous monk,” the leader of the village responded. “If this were not a dire situation, I would pray to the Kami every day never to see you here.”

“Thus why I was blindfolded,” said monk replied glibly then heard the sound in the other room. “Is that growling?”

“Yes. Yes it is,” the chief snarled. “I recently had a daughter…”

“Congratulations!” Shinmaru replied.

“Thank you, however,” the chief sighed, “When she was born… well I guess it would be best to show you.”

With that the chief opened the curtain to the room revealing both mother and daughter. The mother looked perfectly normal. The daughter however had slightly pointed ears and small blunted claws, though otherwise she resembled a normal human child.

“She's a hanyou. Wolf looks like it.” The monk responded.

“Well fix it!” the chief snapped.

“Fix it?”

“Yes! I cannot have my daughter, especially with who we are, walking around like that!”

“You are aware chief that being a hanyou is not like possession, right? I can't just do an exorcism and this goes away.”

“Then what can we do? I can't have my daughter be a hanyou!”

“There is one thing I could try…”

“What is it monk?”

“It might take some time, but I could try to seal her demonic aura. It would allow her to look human. Her strength and possibly her speed however, might be a different matter.”

“It doesn't matter monk. Do it!”

There is a mystery here. This man's wife couldn't possibly have been bedded by a wolf youkai. So how did the daughter… “Very well then chieftain. It will take me three days to successfully seal her.”

The chieftain nodded then left the hut and the monk to do his work.

 

 

Three days later, Shinmaru left the hut. His eyes were red from lack of sleep and his body shuddered as his muscles began spasm with fatigue. However, he had been successful. The child's youki had been sealed. With tired bloodshot eyes, he approached the chieftain.

“Your daughter's… affliction has been dealt with,” He said.

“Excellent! Now, if anyone either in this village or abroad asks, my daughter was possessed,” the Chieftain said with a hint of menace to his voice.

“Very well then,” the houshi said as he was once again blindfolded and walked from the village. Wait, until I tell my son Miroku about this one…

 

 

Benjira paced in the central cave, his eyes falling occasionally on the small jade scroll box in the corner. In the adjoining room Tsukikawa and the Ookami midwife continued with the difficult labor. After what seemed like hours, the midwife walked out. Her features were haggard and definitely in need of rest.

“Lord Benjira I have news,” the midwife stated.

“What is it?” The demon lord of the North snapped.

“Tsukikawa has finished giving birth, my lord. Unfortunately only one of the cubs survived.”

“I see, what is the cub?”

“A male my lord. Tsukikawa-dono has named him Kouga.”

Benjira's eyes locked on the jade scroll box as the implications of that sank in. No! That isn't possible. To think in my time…

 

Meanwhile outside of the cave, unseen by any save the most spiritually powerful stood two beings. The first was a tall man with blonde hair and icy blue eyes that sparkled with amusement, he was clad in black from the hooded cloak covering his head to the sandals on his feet. His partner was a woman, thin and ethereal. Where her partner was blonde her hair was brown, but like him, her eyes were blue. Where his clothes were black, hers were white.

“You see Youmei,” the man said. “Everything is back on track.”

Youmei sighed. “I see this Konran. However, we need to keep a watch on things. If this is going to work, we'll both need to be watchful on this.”

“Agreed,” Konran nodded. “I have a feeling this endeavor will need our care.”

TBC

 

Author's notes: Yes I know, it's a bit of a slow start. But really these things should build slowly, ne? Everything will make sense in time. Okay! Some of the words I've used:

 

Tsukikawa: Moon River

Youmei: Order

Konran: Chaos

-dono: The suffix for lady

 

R&Rs are always welcome. Until next chapter… Ja `ne!